€10k of fish given away in protest over quotas

Kilmore Quay fishing port was a hive of activity yesterday morning as a local fisherman gave away €10,000 worth of free monkfish in a protest over EU quotas.

When the €32m Saltees Quest fishing vessel berthed at 8pm on Wednesday, skipper Jimmy Byrne was met by officers of the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority, which detained the vessel as it exceeded its EU monkfish quota.

Owner Seamus O’Flaherty decided to give away the fish rather than discard it into the sea.